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The Saints Came Marching In

Members of our Church School Classes volunteered to dress up as historical saints for our All Saints Sunday procession into the 8:45 and 11:15 worship services on November 7, 2010.  They are carrying banners made in 2001 by our Church School Classes.

8:45 Service Saints holding saints' banners

 

 11:15 Service Saints

 

 
Then the saints marched into Children's Liturgy to tell their story to our youngest parishioners.

 
 

 

Greetings Trinity Parishioners and friends!

Here is our monthly update from the Sustainable Philanthropy Committee, part of the Mission and Outreach Commission. We have received a portion of the Parish’s Mission and Outreach budget so that we can make kiva loans to the poor around the world in support of the Millennium Development Goals. We call ourselves “sustainable” because as borrowers repay their loans, we can help more people with the same money.

We met in late June to establish our Mission and a loan process so that we can prayerfully be good stewards of the Parish’s assets. Since that time we have made:

• 69 loans in 29 countries of which 15 were funded by borrower repayments
• To date, our borrowers have a 2.0% delinquency (most delinquencies are cleared up within 60 days) and 0% default rate
• 9 loans were repaid and we expect 10 more loans will be fully repaid later this month

To see the loans that we have made, check out our lender page http://www.kiva.org/lender/trinitychurch9574

Did you know you can buy kiva gift certificates as Christmas presents @ kiva.org

Check this space next month for more updates!